Cover Girl
Columbia, 1944, Color, 105 minutes, ***
Released March, 1944
When nightclub singer Rita Hayworth becomes a magazine sensation, will she leave Gene Kelly's Brooklyn stage for the bright lights of Broadway? Musical comedy favorite features supporting turns by Phil Silvers and Eve Arden and songs by George Gershwin and Jerome Kern; look for a young Shelley Winters.
Produced by: Arthur Schwartz
Assistant to the Producer: Norman Deming
Directed by: Charles Vidor
Assistant Director: Oscar Boetticher, Jr.
Screen Play by: Virginia Van Upp
Adaptation by: Marion Parsonnet, Paul Gangelin
Story by: Erwin Gelsey
Musical Director: M. W. Stoloff
Musical Score: Carmen Dragon
Music by: Jerome Kern
Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin
Orchestrations by: Carmen Dragon
Dance Numbers Staged by: Val Raset, Seymour Felix
Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Cary Odell
Set Decorations: Fay Babcock
Gowns by: Travis Banton, Gwen Wakeling, Muriel King
Hats by: Keneth Hopkins
Makeup by: Clay Campbell
Hair Styles by: Helen Hunt
Directors of Photography: Rudolph Maté, Allen M. Davey
Montages and "Cover Girl" Presentation by: John Hoffman
Filmed in Technicolor
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Morgan Padelford
Film Editor: Viola Lawrence
Awards: Academy Award for Best Score; Academy Award nominations for Best Song: "Long Ago (And Far Away)," Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound.
Cast: Rita Hayworth [Maribelle Hicks / Rusty Parker], Gene Kelly [Danny McGuire], Lee Bowman [Noel Wheaton], Phil Silvers [Genius], Jinx Falkenburg [Jinx], Leslie Brooks [Maurine Martin], Eve Arden [Cornelia "Stonewall" Jackson], Otto Kruger [John Coudair], Jess Barker [Coudair as a Young Man], Anita Colby [Anita], Curt Bois [Chem], Cover Girls: Jean Colleran [American Magazine], Francine Counihan [American Home], Helen Mueller [Collier's Magazine], Cecilia Meagher [Coronet], Betty Jane Hess [Cosmopolitan Magazine], Dusty Anderson [Farm Journal Magazine], Eileen McClory [The Glamour Magazine], Cornelia B. von Hessert [Harper's Bazaar Magazine], Karen X. Gaylord [The Liberty Magazine], Cheryl Archibald [Look], Peggy Lloyd [Mademoiselle Magazine], Betty Jane Graham [McCall], Martha Outlaw [Red Book], Susann Shaw [The Vogue Magazine], Rose May Robson [The Woman's Home companion], Additional Cast: Edward Brophy [Joe], Thurston Hall [Tony Pastor], Jack Norton [Harry the Drunk], Robert E. Homans [Pop the Doorman], Eddie Dunn [Mac the Cop], Sam Flint [Butler], Shelley Winters [Girl], Kathleen O'Malley [Cigarette Girl], William Kline [Chauffeur], Victor Travers [Bartender], Robert Hill [Headwaiter], John Tyrrell [Electrician], Frank O'Connor [Cook], Eugene Anderson Jr. [Bus Boy], Sam Ash [Assistant Cook], Vin Moore [Waiter], Ralph Sanford [Truckman], Ralph Peters [Truckman], Barbara Pepper [Chorus Girl], Grace Lenard [Chorus Girl], Lucille Allen, Wesley Brent, Sally Cairns, Virginia Gardner, Helene Garron, Marion Graham, Diane Griffith, Eloise Hart, Muriel Morris, Patti Sacks, Gwen Seager [Cover Girl Contestants], Frances Morris [Coudair's Secretary], Billy Benedict [Florist Boy], William Sloan [Naval Officer], Grace Hayle [Woman Columnist], Fern Emmett [Woman Columnist], Rudy Wissler [Boy], Glenn Charles [Boy], Jackie Brown [Boy], Betty Brewer [Autograph Hound], Warren Ashe [Rusty's Interviewer], John Dilson [Rusty's Photographer], Jack Rice [Reporter], Ed Allen [Best Man], George Lessey [Minister], Miriam Lavelle, Miriam Franklin, Ronald Wyckoff [Specialty Dancers], Jack Bernett, Jack Boyle, Betty Brodel, Eddie Cutler, George Dobbs, Grace Gillern, Randolph Hughes, Al Norman, Larry Rio, Virginia Wilson [Dancers], Johnny Mitchell [Pianist, Maribelle's Love], Patti Sheldon [Girl], Martha Mears [singing voice for Rita Hayworth]
Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] The Show Must Go On (sung and danced by Rita Hayworth, Leslie Brooks and Chorus, Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth); [0:15] Who's Complaining? (sung by Phil Silvers, danced by Phil Silvers, Rita Hayworth, Leslie Brooks and Chorines); [0:20] Sure Thing (sung and danced by Rita Hayworth and Chorus, Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth); [0:28] Make Way for Tomorrow (sung and danced by Phil Silvers, Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth; Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth), [0:43] Put Me to the Test (sung by Gene Kelly, danced by Gene Kelly and Girls Chorus); [0:52] Long Ago (And Far Away) (sung and danced by Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly, Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth); [1:05] Poor John (sung and danced by Rita Hayworth and Mens Chorus, Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth); [1:13] Alter-Ego Dance (instrumental danced by Gene Kelly and his reflection in a store window); [1:20] Cover Girl (montage of Cover Girls, then sung by Chorus and danced by Rita Hayworth and Mens Chorus); [1:34] Put Me to the Test (sung by Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers and Soldiers, danced by Gene Kelly and Phil Silvers); [1:45] Long Ago (And Far Away) (reprised by Gene Kelly and Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth); [1:46] Make Way for Tomorrow (sung and danced by Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers and Rita Hayworth, Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth)
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